The tavern swells in a dark shroud, as the few remaining torchlights burn low and suffering. Patrons huddle closely to the walls, their faces hidden behind the blanket of night. Your eyes find a table, oaken and stained with the years lost, and you take your seat. Something in the way the barkeep looks at you, or how the strange eyes behind the familiar shadows flash their interest, keeps your hand on the pommel of your sword.You hear a sound. A gale of wind flings the doors open. ...

Wie entfaltet sich das Menschsein im Spannungsfeld biblischer Polyvalenz? Welche theologischen Impulse lassen sich aus den frühchristlichen Texten für Gegenwart und Zukunft gewinnen? Welche Resonanz entfalten biblische Narrative und wie interferiert diese mit kulturellen Deutungsmustern? Diese Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Christian Strecker, Professor für Neues Testament an der Augustana-Hochschule Neuendettelsau, vereint Beiträge von Kolleginnen, Kollegen und Weggefährten. Sie alle ...

David Copperfield war Charles Dickens der liebste Roman, es ist auch sein persönlichster. Das Buch hat Generationen von Lesenden in seinen Bann geschlagen, vielen war und ist es prägende Jugendlektüre, große Autorinnen und Autoren - Leo Tolstoi, Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, Elias Canetti - verehrten ihn ein Leben lang. Es ist zunächst eine Leidensgeschichte im viktorianischen England. Nach dem Tod des Vaters geboren und nach einer unseligen Neuvermählung der Mutter muss der junge Davi...

The Self-Help Classics Collection: Guide to Personal Freedom is an essential compendium of over 40 timeless works that have inspired millions to unlock their potential, overcome limitations, and achieve personal freedom. This edition includes landmark titles such as The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Think and Grow Rich, The Power of Faith, Freedom For All, The Master Key System, and As A Man Thinketh, among many others. Each book in this collection offers profound insights into the powe...

Contents:Napoleon Hill. Think and Grow Rich (The text is reproduced from the original publications of 1937)George Samuel Clason. The Richest Man In Babylon (The text is reproduced from the original publications of 1920-1924)James Allen. As A Man ThinkethJames Allen. Out from the HeartKahlil Gibran. The ProphetSun Tzu. The Art of WarLao Tzu. The Tao Te ChingConfucius. AnalectsBenjamin Franklin. The Way to Wealth...

20 Self-Help Classics Collection: classic books on how to successfully make money and influence relationships. This collection of titles encapsulates the greatest writings of all time on how to grow in wealth and prosperity.Featuring:Napoleon Hill. Think and Grow Rich (illustrated)James Allen. As A Man ThinkethJames Allen. Out from the HeartKahlil Gibran. The ProphetSun Tzu. The Art of WarLao Tzu. Tao Te ChingConfucius. Analec...

This book contains the following works: 1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold Bug 2. William Shakespeare: Romeo And Juliet 3. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Faust 4. Mark Twain: Adventures of Tom Sawyer 5. Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Translator: Constance Garnett) 6. Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost World 7. Henry James: The Turn of the Screw 8. Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince (Translator: Marina Zhigalova) 9. Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray 10. Kate Chopin: The Awakening

Contents:Napoleon Hill. Think and Grow Rich (The text is reproduced from the original publications of 1937)George Samuel Clason. The Richest Man In Babylon (The text is reproduced from the original publications of 1920-1924)James Allen. As A Man ThinkethJames Allen. Out from the HeartKahlil Gibran. The ProphetSun Tzu. The Art of WarLao Tzu. The Tao Te ChingConfucius. AnalectsBenjamin Franklin. The Way to Wealth...

Gothic Horror is one of the oldest of the horror genres. Darker, edgier and on the Romanticism end of Romanticism. In addition to being important to the horror genre, the first scifi, fantasy, romance, mystery, and adventure authors drew inspiration from Gothic horror, so it's sometimes considered the parent of all modern genre fiction. Content: Mary Shelley: Frankenstein Bram Stoker: Dracula The Judge's House Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case...